Hi-Vis gloves anyone?
 

I was at Home Depot last night buying stuff for the house, and as I looked at the bike hanging hooks I noticed that in the rows of working gloves there were orange and hi-vis yellow ones. I use Mechanix brand gloves when biking and find them very comfortable but black is invisible when signaling in traffic. The yellow gloves looked fairly comfortable and would stand out. Local cops also use some nifty yellow gloves.

Does anyone use these?

Are the orange and hi vis yellow gloves the same style as the tight fitting black mechanics work gloves? If so, they would be good for cycling in the cooler temperatures. I want fingerless cycling specific gloves in hi vis for the warmer weather, but have yet to see them anywhere. I think they would be great not only for signaling, but also for highlighting the width of the handlebars when not signaling.

I sometimes use hi vis socks which not only leave no question to motorists that I'm on a pedal bike, (even from quite a long distance away) but they look nice and dorky too!

illuminite sells a powerstretch glove where the top is covered in illuminite.
www.illuminite.com

I'm not a fan of illuminite -- visibility is marginal in wet conditions. Better to use real reflective gear.

Having said that, I don't having hi vis hands is a particularly big deal. First of all, your hands are on the bars most of the time where they'll barely be noticeable. When you are signaling, it's your body and arms that people will really cue off more than the hand itself.

In my limited experience I find that at night the only thing that is visible enough to get notice is either reflective or has it's own light source.

Link to site glo gloves site.
Either that or just getting some reflective material and putting it on your existing gloves.

You could check Google Products, or here, or here, or here.

Embrace the dork inside!

Mechanix brand gloves
 

I saw the Mechanics Yellow gloves there and plan to get a pair soon.
I neighbor gave me a pair of the Mechanic Gloves Black and Grey.
I cut the finger tips off and uses them everyday while riding.

Go to alertshirt.com and take a look at their gloves. I've got a pair. I can fit them over my regular gloves.

Another great place to find these kind of gloves is your nearest safety or workwear store. I was in a workwear store recently buying some CERT supplies, and was impressed by the wide variety of dayglo and hi-viz work gloves.

Those are quite nice. Does anyone have expierence with them? Specifically, I'm wondering whether they have the sweat mop on the outside of the thumb like regular cycling gloves. I'm quite fond of cycling glove design where the hand breathes weel, its easy to mop my brow, the padding is effective and the fingers are gone. Does this product meet my test?

Hi-viz, waterproof, and best of all, six bucks.

Thanks for all the replies!

I became convinced about effectiveness of hi-viz gloves after watching local cops direct traffic with them on. These are exactly what they were using:

http://www.glogloves.com/images/TrafficMainLG.jpg

Resurrecting an old thread here but wanted to see if anyone has any new hi viz gloves that are waterproof and good quality.

Thanks and ride safe,

Jeff

I really like the look of these but can't vouch for them (yet)

http://www.evanscycles.com/product_i...jpg?1250562161

Yep, I like them too Hardy. Eexcept the waterproof winter version works better for me. Thanks for the suggestion!

Ride safe,

Jeff

I have Kinco reflectorized leather gloves. I got them real cheap at an Army Navy store and use them when it's not brutally cold. I like them. They seem to assist for signaling turns.http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...an/1939JPG.jpg

I sometimes wear a reflective leg band on my left wrist. Haven't really made a habbit of it, but it seems like a good idea.

I wear a reflective wrist slap band. works like a charm!